Arts

• sophocles is an ancient Greek tragedian. His contemporary playwrights were Aeschylus and Euripides.
• Characters of oedipus rex:

  Oedipus - the king of Thebes

  Creon – Oedipus brother-in-law

  Eurydice – Creon’s wife

  Apollo – god or oracle of Delphi

  King Laius – father of Oedipus

  Jocasta – mother and wife of Oedipus

  Polynices and Eteocles – sons of Oedipus

  Tiresias – the blind prophet

  Antigone and Ismene – the daughters of Oedipus
• • Carmen (Opera by Georges Bizet) 
• • Carmen (soprano) 
  • Don Jose (tenor) 
  • Escamillo (baritone) 
  • Micaela (soprano) 
• Montague’s Family: 

  • Romeo – sole heir to the Montague fortune 
  • Lord Montague – Romeo’s Father 
  • Lady Montague – Romeo’s mother 

  Capulet’s Family 

  • Juliet – sole heir to Capulet fortune 
  • Lord Capulet – Juliet’s Father 
  • Lady Capulet – Juliet’s mother 
• Romeo nd juliet

  Other Characters 

  • Friar Lawrence – friend and advisor to Romeo and Juliet 
  • Mercutio – Romeo’s best friend; kinsman to Mercutio and Paris
  • Paris – loves Juliet 
  • Friar John - Friar Lawrence’s friend 
• Neoclassical Theatre was characterized by its grandiosity; costumes and sceneries were highly elaborate.
• Melodrama and operas became the most popular theatrical forms. In Romantic theater
• Triumvir Pompey One of the first permanent (non-wooden ) theater in Rome.
• The theater building of the Ancient theater were called theatron
• Queen Elizabeth I was One of the most prominent supporters of the Renaissance theater
• Ropes and pulleys this technology during the Baroque period affected the content of the performed pieces, practicing at its best.
• Thespis was the first actor and introduced the use of masks and was called the "Father of Tragedy”
• Medieval Theater Churches in Europe started staging their own theater performances during Easter Sundays with Biblical stories and events.
• Roman theater The usual themes were chariot races, gladiators, and public executions.
• Greek theater There were three types of play, in which tragedy was the most admired.
• Public theatre were developed like the Commedia dell'arte and the elaborate masques. In the era of Renaissance Theater
• Marked by the use of technology in current broadways and commercial plays. Baroque Theater